Characterization of chemical warfare G-agent hydrolysis products by surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5585, Issue , 2004, Pages 46-52

  Inscore, Frank ^a   Gift, Alan ^a   Maksymiuk, Paul ^a   Farquharson, Stuart ^a  

^a Real Time Analyzers   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical warfare agent detection; CWA; Hydrolysis; Raman spectroscopy; SERS

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL AGENTS; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT DETECTION; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS (CWA); SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY (SERS);

CHEMICAL ATTACK; HYDROLYSIS; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SOL-GELS;

CHEMICAL WARFARE;

EID: 16644377745     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.580461     Document Type: Conference Paper

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